Phoenician or Carthaginian Coloured Glass Bead

Description

A lovely Phoenician black coloured glass bead with blue, yellow, white  and red-brown glass decoration. Cf Christies Antiquities Auction 5487 lot 335 29 April 2010. Apollo Art Auctions Auction 20 June 2026 Lot 586 and 587

Origin

Phoenician Bead circa 6th to 3rd century BC. The Phoenicians were a group of city/trading cities running along the East coast of the Mediterranean corresponding with areas of modern Lebanon, Syria and Israel, with key cities Tyre, Byblos, Beirut and Sidon. They stretched further to the west along the coast of North Africa and Iberia (Spain) with Carthage being significant until sacked and destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC

Measurements

1.5 cm in diameter 1.0 cm thick

Condition

Very good ancient condition with expected wear for a used item.